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a little moss kept moderately moist : give them very 



little water when dormant. 



Saccolabium calceolare — East Indies — 1837. 



Flowers yellow, blotched with brown : a small 

 fragrant species. 



densiflorum — Manilla — 1837. 



Flowers small, of a pale dull brownish yellow. 



compressum — Manilla — 1838. 



Flowers on a drooping raceme ; sepals small, 

 blotched with crimson, with a long ivory-like 

 spike. 



pupillosum — India — 1830 — Aug. and Sept. 



Flowers in small bundles, yellow, and spotted 

 with red. 



bifidum— Manilla — 1837 — December. 



Flowers in a pendulous raceme of a pale pink 

 and yellow. 



This genus succeeds well either on logs of wood 

 or in baskets ; in the latter, fibry peat, chopped 

 sphagnum, and potsherds answer best : when grown 

 on logs of wood, cover the roots with hypnum moss ; 

 they require a moist house and a moderate supply of 

 water when growing, but very little when at rest. 



Class, Gynandria. Order, Monanbria. 



Sarcanthus paniculatus — China — 1830 — May and 

 June— Division. 



Flowers a deep yellow, marked with brownish 

 red. 



